The small questions you've never asked.

[SETHZILLA!]

when your chomping on a mouth full of paintballs, why does everybody look at you like your a bernie supporter or something similar,
dont people realize they taste good?

Your taste buds are shot pal, hate to break it to you.

[Diesel imp]

when your chomping on a mouth full of paintballs, why does everybody look at you like your a bernie supporter or something similar,
dont people realize they taste good?

[cellophane]

Why can't companies standardize barrel threading?

I get the up-sell value of needing a specific barrel but damn is it annoying 🤦♂️ Luckily everything I own other than my Spyder uses AC barrels, so at least I have that going for me.

[Rusty Brass]

I assume it’s mostly price and easier to machine brass vs steel. Brass also has an elegance and quality whereas steel will just rust and lacks the shine or patina brass has. Aluminum is light, cheap and easy to work with and standard dust/satin finishes can be pumped out quickly with minimal surface prep.

Yup. I think. Sheridan built a lot of their airguns out of brass and off the shelf tubing already came in the proper sizes as well. Soldering brass tubes together doesn't tend to distort the tubes like welding thin wall steel can/does. Brass was just easy. Still is really.

[Knuckle Dragger]

Why were paintball markers made of brass? It seems like high quality markers went from steel to brass to aluminum. How was brass better than steel?

I assume it’s mostly price and easier to machine brass vs steel. Brass also has an elegance and quality whereas steel will just rust and lacks the shine or patina brass has. Aluminum is light, cheap and easy to work with and standard dust/satin finishes can be pumped out quickly with minimal surface prep.

[Jellyghost]

Why were paintball markers made of brass? It seems like high quality markers went from steel to brass to aluminum. How was brass better than steel?

[Jordan]

Warped Sportz marketed a wall charger adapter for a while as well. But no, there was never a wall charger.

Angels were supposed to be good for 20,000 shots on a charge, so it was conceivable that a player could forget to charge their Angel until they were on their way to the field. Having a car charger as standard meant the player could at least get a partial charge in on the way, as opposed to having to find a sympathetic field owner and an electrical outlet... and a lot of fields in the late 90s/early 00s didn't have those in great abundance.

[DocsMachine]

Here's one I've always wondered: Why do I see people who are looking for Angels ask about car chargers? Was there never a WALL charger made? Ya know, to charge the sucker up BEFORE going to the field?

-As I understand it, no, WDP never made a wall charger. The assumption was (I'm assuming ) that you'd charge the gun on your way to the field, or between games at the field.

I know all the Angel chargers I've ever had were cigarette-lighter-only, and distinctly recall people describing a specific Radio Shack wall adapter (mainly because it was widely available, back when RS was still a thing, inexpensive, and self-contained.)

Doc.

[glaman5266]

I remember a thread on MCB 2.0 asking the small questions. You know, the small obscure ones ones that you've always wondered about but never got around to asking. One example that was asked in that thread was about why Lelands are better than other 12g powerlets. Could we use this thread for asking those random, small questions you've never asked?

Here's one I've always wondered: Why do I see people who are looking for Angels ask about car chargers? Was there never a WALL charger made? Ya know, to charge the sucker up BEFORE going to the field?